British GP 2008 snaps

Post by **campbell** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 12:48 am

Nowhere near the standards of Jason L, FlatPlaneCrank, and others, but a wee memento of my first ever GP, nonetheless:

http://picasaweb.google.com/Campbell.Fo ... Highlights

Tips and comments welcome!

robin · Post by **robin** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 7:42 am

A good day out, then

Shame about the weather, and shame that Jenson didn't manage to get a result in the wet ... still this weekend looking like it might rain again!

Cheers,
Robin

Stewart · Post by **Stewart** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 10:09 am

Some cracking shots in there. Unfortunately it also reminds me of why I stopped going to the British GP in the mid 90s in favour of the Spanish GP. Worked a treat until 95 (I think) when it absolutely poured from start to finish. This was supposedly one of Schumacher's finest races but the history books don't state that he was the only guy on a full wet set up.

Post by **campbell** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 11:20 am

Yep, cracking weekend all in actually.

Only had race day tickets so blasted down early on Saturday with Cam and Neil, pitched the camp and enjoyed a leisurely BBQ and the "atmosphere" of Whittlebury Park campsite, listening to the whine of the qualifying and support races from next door!

Got rained into the tent by 9pm, so early bed for early rise at 4.30am

Found a decent "pitch" at exit of Stowe corner and set up camp. That was us for the day.

Really enjoyed it, including support race action. We were prepared for the weather, so it didn't get us down too much and as everyone saw, it made for a cracking race!

All in all the trip cost no more than a couple of hundred pounds a head, including race tickets, which I think it would be hard to better going abroad. However we do really fancy spreading our wings in future, so Valencia, Barcelona etc are on the radar. All about cash, unfortunately, and of course getting value for money!

I also think we may well go to SS again next year, but for the full 3 days, as the campsite fee is a flatrate no matter how long you stay, and the F1 party on the Sunday night could be an experience too

Campbell
(popped my F1 cherry faction!)

Neil72 · Post by **Neil72** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 1:30 pm

I went to Barcelona in 1998 and it worked out that the flights, car hire and race ticket cost the same as a race ticket for Silverstone.

F1 wasn't quite so popular in Spain back then so maybe the tickets will be a tad more expensive now (blame Alonso for that) but it's a spectator friendly track and well worth a visit if you get the chance.

Post by **campbell** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 2:31 pm

Neil72 wrote:I went to Barcelona in 1998 and it worked out that the flights, car hire and race ticket cost the same as a race ticket for Silverstone.

F1 wasn't quite so popular in Spain back then so maybe the tickets will be a tad more expensive now (blame Alonso for that) but it's a spectator friendly track and well worth a visit if you get the chance.

yep that had been my plan a few years back but never got round to it, then kids and also Alonso's stellar form intervened...one day though!

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 2:40 pm

No pit ladies

Post by **campbell** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 7:02 pm

BiggestNizzy wrote:No pit ladies

No Pit Pass

Would leave that to the true professionals anyway! http://www.itv-f1.com is your friend...

woody · Post by **woody** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 7:11 pm

campbell wrote:
BiggestNizzy wrote:No pit ladies
No Pit Pass

Would leave that to the true professionals anyway! http://www.itv-f1.com is your friend...

No matter

Shame the reprobate in the middle had to waste it

Post by **campbell** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 10:08 pm

oh yes...forgot about Nizzy the groupie

jason · Post by **jason** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 1:29 am

Looks like a great day was had, Campbell

And also looks like you had plenty space on the banking too. I remember being sat in my deckcahir at Druids for the '86 British GP at 0500 IIRC (the enthusiasm of youth!)

...and it was shoulder-to-shoulder, knee-to-chair-back!

I must get along to another GP - not been to one since '88

robin · Post by **robin** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:40 am

When you win the lottery or otherwise feel like blowing a couple of bags of sand, a seat at the monaco grand prix is hard to beat for the complete F1 experience. Don't waste your money on a ticket for the rock though, atmosphere isn't the same and the view is so poor that you'll be wondering what, if anything, you can see!

Cheers,
Robin

ExigeKen · Post by **ExigeKen** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:46 am

woody wrote:
campbell wrote:
BiggestNizzy wrote:No pit ladies
No Pit Pass

Would leave that to the true professionals anyway! http://www.itv-f1.com is your friend...
No matter

Shame the reprobate in the middle had to waste it

Apparently Nizzy is very popular with the birds had a whole flock chasing him last week

ExigeKen · Post by **ExigeKen** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:48 am

campbell wrote:Nowhere near the standards of Jason L, FlatPlaneCrank, and others, but a wee memento of my first ever GP, nonetheless:

http://picasaweb.google.com/Campbell.Fo ... Highlights

Tips and comments welcome!

Some nice photos there Campbell especially considering the bad conditions

Post by **campbell** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 1:51 pm

Thanks Ken. Gotta hand credit Cameron for his placcy bag waterproofing technique, without which I'd have either no pics or a broken SLR!

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